Herbal treatment is the most popular and safest alternative treatment for acne. Acne can be controlled with herbs and active herbal compounds. Besides, herbal home cures can be a useful addition if you are taking medical treatment as well. If you have serious acne problems and are seeing a doctor, consider having simultaneous herbal treatment for quick and better cure of acne.

Many drugs that are available as over-the-counter (OTC) medicines contain herbal substances. For example many medicines that are recommended for acne contain salicylic acid. Basically, this substance is derived from willow bark. However, you should understand that herbs may not cure acne completely; rather these enhance the effect of medical treatment. So, herbs play an important role in pharmaceutical industry and offer a good treatment option for many ailments, including acne.

The most important role of herbs for acne is for cleansing purpose. Acne specific herbs are very good detoxifying agents as they work internally in your body. Moreover herbal compounds do not have any side effects, so you can have herbal treatment for long time to cure acne.

Herbal products tend to improve the general health of your body, and are particularly good for skin related problems, including acne. Some of the important herbs that are useful for acne control are burdock (Arctium lappa), cleavers, red clover (Trifolium Pratense), figwort, poke root, echinacea, blue flag, neem, guggul and Haemafine syrup. Most of these products can be combined to form different kinds of tea, and this tea is an excellent product for acne control.

You can use blue flag, burdock, yellow dock, and echinacea (Echinacea angustifolio) for tea. Mix these together and infuse with hot water. It is recommended to have this tea at least three times a day. For making it a little better in taste, add honey to it.

Echinacea have known antibacterial properties. A soap made from Echinacea and other herbal ingredients is a good antibiotic that is a good cleansing agent and helps you fight acne. Burdock root simply eliminates toxic elements from the body and it has healing properties. When used as an acne treatment, you can directly apply topical burdock root directly on the skin, or you can take food supplements that contain burdock.

Neem (Azadirachta Indica) is an excellent plant and can be used in a variety of ways to help you maintain good health. It has natural antibacterial properties that make it one of the best options or acne cure. Being a good blood purifier, many toothpastes, face soaps and even medicines contain high content of Neem. Neem kills the bacteria that cause acne. Research shows that Neem improves the immunity of body by energizing lymphocytes cells that ultimately helps in controlling acne.

Haemafine syrup is another herbal product that is a very good blood purifier. The syrup contains Sariva, Bitter melon, NimbPatra, Chopchini, Gorakhmundi, Manjistha, Haridra, Syahjeera, Gandhak Rasayan, and so on. All these substances make it a very good source to control acne.

Guggul or Indian Bedellium is one of the oldest and most widely recognized herbs in ayurveda. It has exceptional purifying and distressing properties and helps patients cure from a variety of ailments. Being a good detoxifier, it helps in controlling acne.

Tea tree oil is another herbal product that adds to existing herbal alternative treatment options for acne. Tea tree oil is derived from the leaves of the tree and has strong antibacterial properties. The advantage of using this oil is that it feels gentle to the skin. Not only that it effectively kills any bacteria that exists over the affected area, if feels soothing to the skin, and dries any pus from inside the pimple.

Apart from these advantages, tea tree oil removes any irritation from the surface and helps the skin gain natural color and look. However, if you have sensitive skin, dilute it with a recommended solution before applying it on your face. You can easily get it from herbal stores.

One more acne cure remedy that is highly recommended is witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). It is to be applied gently on the affected skin, to extract excess oils and to keep the skin dry.

You can prepare an anti inflammatory skin-wash at home. Get some calendula and chamomile, and infuse these with hot water to prepare tea. Freeze this tea in a refrigerator and apply this over the affected areas.

Basil is a very good herb as an alternative treatment to cure acne. Add two teaspoons of dried basil leaves to one cup of hot water and let the leaves boil down for 10-20 minutes. You should drink this infusion three times a day, to control acne.

As an acne treatment, you can use coconut oil as it detoxifies and cleans the skin. Apply a little coconut oil and message it gently. Though herbs offer excellent alternative treatment for acne, you are suggested to consult a doctor for how much dose you should take, and to know for how long you should take one or more herbal products.

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